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I really like yours, it is change on a scale that those affected could not comprehend

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Haha, it was kind of a weird idea. I’m glad it worked 😅

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Thank you! And you’re correct, humans naturally clone (cells constantly die and regenerate)!

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Split, peel, shed old meat

Red bones, dry for the first time

Lungless but gasping

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Really like the last line, sort of desperately clinging to a new life. Really cool.

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Thank you! I was trying to go the other way: clinging to an old life, unsure how to do the new thing

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🫣 I never was great at poetry interpretation. Either way slice it, you bring struggle to the forefront really clearly in just a lines.

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Molt matriculate

Root blossom where planted twin

Mitosis new twin

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I love this!!

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Thank you, you make it easy!

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Aw, 😊

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